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knightsoflegend2014-01-14 06:40 am
lissatrinall) wrote in knightsoflegend2014-01-14 06:40 am
egypt ♔ is this called living or something else
♬ amsterdam - daughter
WHO || Lis'sa, Riddick, Phineas, Ella, Dimitri, Raegos, the Mithril Scarab, and more [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights head to Egypt to try and ascertain the location of a lost pyramid
WHERE || Cairo, Egypt
WHEN || Jan 21st, mid-day[forwarddated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.
The party arrives in the bustling city of Cairo around mid-day, where it's a beautiful 70 degrees outside compared to the cold London January they came from. Along with whatever gear they brought individually for tomb raiding*, Wynn has also sent them with a chest of 2,000 gold pieces - because the woman who has promised to take them to meet Raegos (the only living man who can claim to have seen the lost tomb) plans to meet them at an antiquities auction.
Wynn has pre-arranged with the woman, who goes by the name of the Mithral Scarab, to recognize the party by the fact that they will cast several bids at the auction - and all of their opening bids will always be exactly ten gold more than the starting price. Once she has recognized them, she will find a way to show them a symbol of the Knights of the Silver Dragon discreetly to identify herself, and they are to follow her away from the crowd. Raegos' rumored paranoia concerning anyone else learning his location seems well demonstrated by the levels of security embedded in Scarab's directions.
The auction itself is a direct result of the recent elemental-driven storm that has unearthed a number of structures long buried in the desert. Some industrious tomb raiders have already taken to looting the lesser pyramids, and this underground sale promises to deliver some of the discovered goods into the hands of eager collectors. Wynn's generous supply of furnished gold was delivered to them with explicit instructions to purchase anything that they thought might be an item of actual valuable historical or magical significance, to become the property of the Knighthood.
* Don't forget to make a list of all items your character is carrying in an entry in their journal before tagging into this post! Please try to stick close to your character's maximum carrying capacity.
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julistar nods, landing beside her, and looks up to watch his other men scale down. ] We did. And lucky for our companions here, I've in my possession the location of the pyramid itself. I propose a joint excursion. It's some fifty miles south of Cairo, and I'm aware of a bit of a shortcut. It seems we work rather well together. [ his eyes glint with amusement as he turns to ella, while lis'sa frowns at his back. he extends a friendly hand to her. ] What do you say?
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He doesn't know what it is, how to read it, or why that guy would have been trying to hide it/leave it behind, but maybe she will.]
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[This probably isn't the time or place to deal with this revelation. Later, when they're able to speak privately, he'll get the story. After he composes himself he blinks back, standing near Neferet, and slings an arm around her boldly - half to cause some small commotion and cover for his little rage-out, and half because why the hell not?]
See, no worries. I do all my best work in tight spaces, so I'm told.
[He throws her a wink, and let's just completely ignore his total lack of actually entering the vault or doing of any work, and general inability to climb ropes - because Bluff 25. Phineas' one true skill: Lying through his goddamned teeth.]
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